US508367A

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Publication number: US508367A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1893-11-07
Anticipated expiration: 1910-11-07

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B. A. BUTTS & L. PAGE. CORK EXTRAUTOR.

No. 508,367. Patented Nov. 7, 1898.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD A. BUTTS AND HARVEY L. PAGE, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

.CO RK-EXTRACTO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 508,367, dated November 7, 1893. Application filed April 28, 1893. "senn No. 472,234. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, EDWARD A. BUTTS and HARVEY L. PAGE, of Washington city, in the District of Columbia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cork-Extractors, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to that kind of cork extractor consisting of a band, which passes around the cork vertically or lengthwise, and forms at its upper part above the cord a loop for drawing the cork after the latter has been driven into a bottle; and the invention consists in the novel means employed by us for applying and holding the band on the cork without requiring any positive fastening for the purpose. We pass the band around the cork, so that its free ends shall meet and overlap or cross each other on the bottom of the cork. These ends may be stuck together at this point by gum, shellac or the like, not for the purpose of making a permanent fastening, but simply to keep them together during the further manipulation of the cork and until the application of the device by which they are permanently held in place. This device consists ofacapsule of paper or other suitable material which in sheet or disk form is put over the mouth of thebottle. The cork with the band applied to it as above stated is then driven into the bottle carrying with it the disk which as a capsule envelops and surrounds the neck and bottom of the cork, and completely incloses and holds that portion of the band which extends upon the bottom and that portion of the sides of the cork covered by the capsule. The capsule by this operation is in effect molded to and upon the cork, and clings thereto, holding the band very firmly in place. A little flour paste, gum or the like, can be first applied to the paper so that when shaped up into a capsule it will adhere more firmly to the cork. But this is not indispensable.

In the accompanying drawings-Figure 1 represents the band, cork and paper disk. Fig. 2 represents these parts in position over the mouth of a bottle. Fig. 3 represents them when the cork is driven home in the bottle.

A is the cork; B is the band, which may be tape or other suitable material; and O is the paper disk or sheet.

hereinbefore indicated. When this has been done the disk 0 is placed over the mouth of the bottle, and may have a little flour paste or the like on its upper face at the point where the bottom of the cork meets it; the cork with the band applied toit is then placed on the disk as seen in Fig. 2, and is then driven home into the neck of the bottle, as in Fig.3. By this operation, the disk, as seen in the figure last referred to is convertedinto a capsule which envelops the bottom and sides of the cork and is compressed tightly thereon, serving to hold firmly in place the portion of the band intervening between it and the cork, and preventing any possible slip of the free ends of the latter. The band is thus securely held without being pinned or otherwise positively fastened to the cork; and can be most expeditiously and cheaply applied. An endless band is not required; the ends of the band may be loose and unattached to each other and the band itself can consist of a mere piece of tape of convenient length which without other preparation can be applied and used in the manner hereinbefore indicated.

What We claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The cork A, the band or strip B applied thereto as specified, and the capsule C enveloping the bottom and sides of the cork and holding the loose ends of the band thereon as hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony whereof We affix our signatures.

in presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses:

L. NORRIS, WILLIAM SOHERER.